Ex-officer to enter plea in 'doc shopping' case

Hearing set for Monday

Court records say a former Oxford police officer will plead guilty to charges related to a "doctor shopping" case.

Documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Oxford do not include the charge. The hearing is Monday before U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr.

Searn Lynch was fired from the Oxford Police Department in November after being charged with "doctor shopping" for prescription pain medicine. He pleaded not guilty.

Court records show he was arrested on charges alleging that he got prescriptions from at least 17 doctors. He was remained free on $5,000 bond.

Lynch, of Oxford, was indicted on two counts that he illegally doctor-shopped for prescription painkillers and other drugs and that, as a law enforcement officer, he carried a firearm while committing the crime.

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